Atalanta Fugiens, Emblem XL

Atalanta Fugiens · 1618 · Emblem XL

Ex duabus aquis, fac unam, et erit aqua sanctitatis.

From two waters make one, and it will be the water of holiness.

Two streams, one hot and one cold, become one water. The joining is what makes it holy.

Which two currents in you could become one?

Michael Maier, Atalanta Fugiens (Oppenheim, 1618). Engraving in the public domain. Motto transcribed from the 1618 edition; translation and reading by The Hermetic School. All the emblems.

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